Google Workspace Essentials vs. WebWave

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Workspace Essentials
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Google now offers Google Workspace Essentials (formerly G Suite Essentials), providing a solution for users of Outlook or Office whose teams want to use Google Meet and Google Apps without needing to involve a personal gmail account. Google Workspace Essentails includes Google Slides, Sheets, and Docs, as well as Google Meet, Google Drive, Forms, Sites, and Keep, in a bundle minus a gmail account. Basic Essentials supports (via Meet) meetings with up to 150 participants, and Google Drive with…N/A
WebWave
Score 9.5 out of 10
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WebWave — an alternative for agencies and freelancers for creating custom websites for clients with the support of CMS. Using CMS with no sacrifices WebWave is a CMS platform that gives a designer precision up to 1 px in every single detail just like in more sophisticated graphic programs such as Photoshop while remaining a drag and drop software. This is to make creating websites much faster without loosing on details. Spend less time talking WebWave…N/A
Pricing
Google Workspace EssentialsWebWave
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Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$7 per month
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Google Workspace EssentialsWebWave
Considered Both Products
Google Workspace Essentials
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
We use both in concert with each other, and they work well when setting up a device for hardened security.
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Microsoft 365 has a better calendar at times, but its interface is clunky and outdated. Google offered better cloud access, more security features, and a better user experience for employees.
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Google Workspace Essentials is easier to use in general, has faster access to attached files, and is easier to organize.
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
We have started to use Smokeball Legal Software as opposed to Google for many of our chat and calendar services. It's more functional, secure, and has less downtime. We had hoped for Google integration, but it does not appear that is coming, so unfrankly, we have to move on …
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
- Gmail is better treated by spam filters, and it is more seldom when our messages go to the spam folder in the recipients' mailbox
- ProtonMail did not have a dedicated meeting platform, and it was difficult to match the invites with the meeting room link
- The layout of Gmail …
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Basically, it was easier to deploy and we were having some issues with the older Microsoft version, and we thought Gsuite had a friendlier environment.
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Google Workspace is easier to use and access.
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
It's the beast of all beasts and the only platform we really considered when building the organization. A lot of that was due to Google Workspace Essentials' price point: as a nonprofit, we're always looking at ways to cut costs, and Google is extremely affordable and prices …
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
There is absolutely no comparison between Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace Essentials. As I mentioned before, almost everyone uses Google either personally or with their business. Therefore, it is so very easy to adjust to Google Workspace Essentials. Google also makes it way …
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Google Workspace Essentials allows for more features to be used and seems to break/branch things into a more organized way. Dropbox Business is decent, but the user interface isn't as friendly. We primarily rely on Google Workspace Essentials, as it seems to be more popular …
Chose Google Workspace Essentials
Google Workspace Essentials is more robust than Dropbox with the other features that are available. Google Workspace Essentials is very comparable to Microsoft 365, and we ultimately went with Google because at the time, it was free/priced better than MS, and now we have lots …
WebWave
Chose WebWave
Fast load times: WebWave's websites have fast load times, which is critical for ensuring a positive user experience and better SEO performance.
Responsive design: WebWave's websites are optimized for mobile devices, ensuring that they look great and function well on any screen …
Chose WebWave
price, ease of use, and using a notes system with the client over the top of the page are all improvements against WebFlow
Chose WebWave
It is compatible with many WordPress plugins and offers many more possibilities than google sites, Wix, or similar builders. It is a WordPress as easy to use as Microsoft Word.
Chose WebWave
WebWave is easy, the sites are stunning, and I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for it. Usually, there is a drop in customizability using WordPress. But WebWave allows a great site and an incredible price. For that reason, I'm leaving a great platform in WordPress and jumping …
Chose WebWave
Due to WebWave's innovative and intuitive layer-based design system, it is infinitely more user-friendly than both Webflow and WordPress. Webflow's websites feel lighter and faster, but I'm sure WebWave will address this as they mature. Webflow's animation features are also …
Chose WebWave
Simply easy to use, all in one solution (management portal, design, development and email solution)
Chose WebWave
Only the traditional ones like WordPress with Elementor or WPBakery page builder. It's not an easy comparison. WordPress is the big boss but you have to buy a bunch of services, plugins, other embedded SAAS and such tools to make it work. WebWave, on the other hand, is making …
Chose WebWave
Easy to use and user-friendly. Nice interface.
Chose WebWave
In terms of flexibility and functionalities, WebWave falls behind Webflow. However, practically anyone with a basic understanding of web development or who can use a word processor will be able to teach themselves how to utilize WebWave. Webflow, on the other hand, is far more …
Chose WebWave
It's an easier, super complete option and cheaper Instead of paying everything separately like Wix, this option gives you all for a good price. And is the same with Elementor, you need to pay their license, the hosting, the domain, and connect everything manually, but this …
Chose WebWave
Most Wix and WebWave have the same features as well as their distinctions. They are pretty good on their own functionality. They have their own functionality. From the pricing perspective, WebWave is slightly ahead of Wix. The pricing of Wix is a bit more than WebWave. So, if I …
Chose WebWave
WordPress is a great product but I need to figure out hosting myself, also I need to make sure the theme I am using is mobile friendly.
We WebWave, I don't need to worry about any of those and the drag and drop builder is very easy to get familiar with.
Chose WebWave
With WebWave, the builder and hosting are in one platform. No more efforts to update the plugins and themes as in WordPress.
Chose WebWave
Wordpress is a more flexible and adaptive content management system than Webwave. In addition to the functionalities that are already built-in, I am unable to add any customizable plugins or add-ons. However, in the majority of cases, the inherent features of Webwave are …
Chose WebWave
WebWave is fairly easy to use. For novice users, it is easier to use than WordPress or Shopify. I think WebWave will be more SEO friendly than Wix. The price is affordable for small businesses/clients as well. The template system is much easier and takes less time than …
Chose WebWave
web starts, Convertri Pro, and other alternatives Webstarts has a lot of issues with mobile view. U have to rearrange almost everything again. WebWave on the other hand lets u group and save so that don't have this problem. Also, animations work as they should same with …
Chose WebWave
WebWave stacks up well with other website builders. Especially the all-in-one types. It does things well and things make sense when it comes to editing. There are a lot of options to help you get things the way you want. I like how it can grow with the users. I feel the …
Chose WebWave
To each their own of course but I'll say this: ClickFunnels is too narrow. Webflow is ok. WordPress has too many security issues. WebWave just works.
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Google Workspace EssentialsWebWave
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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Usability
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User Testimonials
Google Workspace EssentialsWebWave
Likelihood to Recommend
I will state this with 2 basic examples, When I require documentation to be edited by many editors then Google workspace is the way to go. It provides the best synching capabilities and also sharing capabilities. In case of meeting conduction through google meet a notes section would be awesome for personal notes and the capability to record the meetings would also help a ton to improve the productivity of all users
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The WYSIWYG web builder marketspace is saturated, but there
are not many solutions out there that eschew table-based design in favor of letting
creators build sites where anything goes wherever you want. You’ll likely want
to skip this product if you need a plug-and-play solution where everything is
automatically responsively. However, if you have an eye for design, love
creative control, and like to sweat the details until you have made the perfect
website, WebWave is a must buy.
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Pros
  • Google Docs & Google Slides are essential to our company as we are remote. Multiple people can work on the documents at one time.
  • Easy to share and store files in Google Drive.
  • Google Calendar is amazing, it integrates seamlessly with other Google products and it's our company's primary calendar tool.
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  • WebWave's site builder is the platform's truly innovative feature. I've never come across another service that deploys a layer-based approach in web design, as most of them usually deploy a grid-based system. This is an incredible alteration that ensures WebWave behaves much like a traditional graphic design tool, thereby resulting in an experience that is a lot more intuitive and instinctive. I believe this has the potential to radically change the way people approach no-code web design.
  • WebWave provides automatic, daily backups and a free SSL certificate for every website. This results in excellent security.
  • WebWave's support team is first-class! I had some teething-issues in the beginning, but the support team quickly got me back on track.
  • WebWave's community/forum is an excellent place to vote and request new features. This proves the development team is committed to making WebWave better by listening to their users.
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Cons
  • Record option to be there in Google meet
  • ability to share documents outside google accounts need to be looked at
  • Improvement in conversion to MS office based documents and converting those documents to googles format needs a little work.
  • Will be good to have a pdf to word converter and vice versa
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  • Some scope for improvement in UX (colors are not very appealing). It is simple to use but design is a little dated. Especially in the builder section, I'd like to see modern design for buttons and maybe gradients also: as this is where visual motivation is also important
  • Some edits take effect only after pressing OK. That should be eliminated as it's an unnecessary addition. It's also kind of annoying to do that again and again, which can add up to a lot as we do so many small tweaks while building the website.
  • Few things (maybe glitches) in design. The rectangle below the footer was uneditable for me. I spent quite some time trying to figure it out so I'm convinced it's a glitch.
  • Website speed should be increased.
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Likelihood to Renew
Now that our department has used G Suite Essentials for close to 2 years, I can't imagine not using it. It has proven to be a very practical tool for sharing files / folders on a shared drive. It also makes it easy to modify and update content. It is user friendly and the interface is simple.
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Usability
Google Workspace is very easy to use. Even the advanced features are also rendered with an intuitive user interface. Opting into new features is easy, with a clear indication of whether they cost extra or free. Communications about new features as well as security threats are easy to understand and follow up on.
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Very easy to use, intuitive, has many options and plug-ins, and is cheap.
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Support Rating
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1. The support person does not seem to understand the issues, and seems like they go off to talk to somebody and revert back every 5 to 10 minutes. It takes up a lot of time. 2. There is a lack of reading material to address simple issues like changing the website name in the dashboard, pasting a code, etc.
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Alternatives Considered
Google Workspace Essentials is more robust than Dropbox with the other features that are available. Google Workspace Essentials is very comparable to Microsoft 365, and we ultimately went with Google because at the time, it was free/priced better than MS, and now we have lots of legacy files already stored on Google servers, so a switch would be too time-consuming. We went with Google Workspace Essentials over OpenOffice because of the email features of using Google.
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Fast load times: WebWave's websites have fast load times, which is critical for ensuring a positive user experience and better SEO performance. Responsive design: WebWave's websites are optimized for mobile devices, ensuring that they look great and function well on any screen size. Wix simply just doesn't have that and I was really struggling with this issue. Cost-effective: WebWave's pricing plans are affordable and provide excellent value for money, making it a cost-effective option for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Return on Investment
  • Our fundraising and development efforts nearly doubled 2020-2022, largely in part to the organizational tools within Google Workspace Essentials.
  • We've opened up the capacity to work more closely with contractors in a more collaborative nature because of GWE's capabilities.
  • It was integral to our brand overhaul.
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  • saved 30 hours per year per site (previously I had to manually run updates and check if everything is fine)
  • earns money for me without a touch (thanks to automatic billing of my customers for hosting and support) - additional (ca.) 120 USD per year per site
  • no negatives so far
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